latest recipes from my kitchen

So this Sunday it is Fathers Day and as usual we will be spoiling the pants off of Hubby, we have been together for 11 years now and he has been the most amazing Stepfather, and so we feel that he deserves it. He has already had his main present,…

I was going to start todays blogs with something really naughty, but so completely fab, however, Hubby made it and I do not know where he got the recipe from, so watch this space, I will be back with the recipe soon! For now I bring you, Brown Lentil Chilli, the…

Healthy Banana Bread ! Now I know that you are thinking, ‘she already has recipes on the blog for banana bread, whats so different about this one’? The difference is that the others are just banana bread or clean eating banana bread, this recipe is for Hemsley and Hemsley’s Banana…

As it is a bank holiday weekend, and as it is write up loads of blog posts Friday, I thought that rather than do another cake recipe I would bring you something for the weekend. Huevos Rancheros ! Basically translated, Ranchers Eggs! Now this recipe is just perfect for the…

I know only to well just how hard it is to follow a healthy diet, we all have our weaknesses, it maybe cake, wine, sweets or chocolate, whatever our vice is it can add calories, chemicals and preservatives to our diets. With our bodies all ready loaded with pollutants from…

The weather has been glorious and we have just had another fantastic weekend. I love summer weekends, time in the hot tub, eating outside, lots of dog walks and generally just lots of time coming together as a family or sometimes just as a couple, everything is so much easier…

So here is another very quick recipe, I am suppose to be getting ready to leave for work, but just had to get a couple of my favourite new recipes on here as soon as I could. This Paleo Upside Down Banana Cake is just so gorgeous, it improves with…

Today is so muggy, raining, and I am having an enforced rest day from exercise. I have been off my crutches for almost 3 weeks now and have been walking 10,000 to 15,000 steps a day, at the weekend we did an 8 mile hike across Ashdown Forrest and took…

As I have mentioned, I have a huge back log of recipes to get onto the blog, I am also supposed to be getting ready to go out, as tonight we are off to The Bell in Godstone, I love it there, but I just had to type this one…

Its the May Bank Holiday Weekend and it is freezing! Some parts of the country have even had snow, now I never expect much from the weather on a Bank Holiday, but really, this is too much. If you were thinking of rolling out the BBQ this weekend you may…

me & hubby (valentines 2013)

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About me

I came up with the idea of this blog as I had been writing a cookery book for my Children after my eldest Son Simon left home and would ring me for all his favourite recipes. I thought that this way it would be easier to update & where ever they were they could cook their favourite recipes. This blog is that index card box of scribbled recipes, torn out recipes from magazines, lost somewhere in the house, all brought neatly together in one place.